Weighting by Inverse Variance or by Sample Size in Random-Effects Meta-Analysis.

Most of the statistical procedures in meta-analysis are based on the estimation of average effect sizes from a set of primary studies. The optimal weight for averaging a set of independent effect sizes is the inverse variance of each effect size, but in practice these weights have to be estimated, b...

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Published in:Educational & Psychological Measurement Vol. 70; no. 1; pp. 56 - 74
Main Authors: Marín-Martínez, Fulgencio, Sánchez-Meca, Julio
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. February 2010
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